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Steps

1–26Craft ~25× Bolt of Linen Clothearns 3silverafter selling for 10silver50copper

recipe →each: 2× Linen Cloth

26–65Craft ~150× Linen Bagearns 58silver62copperafter selling for 3gold6silver12copper

recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 3× Coarse Thread (vendor)

65–80Craft ~24× Blue Linen Vestcosts 8silver16copperafter selling for 38silver64copper

recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Coarse Thread (vendor), 1× Blue Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Blue Linen Vest (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

80–93Craft ~25× Blue Linen Robecosts 14silver25copperafter selling for 60silver75copper

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 2× Coarse Thread (vendor), 2× Blue Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Blue Linen Robe (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

93–95Craft ~5× Red Linen Bagearns 11silver95copperafter selling for 28silver45copper

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Linen Cloth, 1× Fine Thread (vendor), 1× Red Dye (vendor)needs Pattern: Red Linen Bag (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

95–120Craft ~45× Bolt of Silk Clothearns 56silver60copperafter selling for 3gold21silver20copper

recipe →each: 4× Silk Cloth

120–133Craft ~14× Azure Silk Hoodearns 27silver30copperafter selling for 2gold79silver30copper

recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Blue Dye (vendor), 1× Fine Thread (vendor)

133–149Craft ~17× Small Silk Packearns 97silver92copperafter selling for 6gold86silver12copper

recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Heavy Leather, 3× Fine Thread (vendor)

149–150Craft ~1× Earthen Vestcosts 16silver54copperafter selling for 26silver96copper

recipe →each: 3× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Elemental Earth, 2× Fine Thread (vendor)

150–178Craft ~30× Black Silk Packearns 12gold58silver50copperafter selling for 28gold78silver50copper

recipe →each: 5× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Black Dye (vendor), 4× Fine Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Black Silk Pack (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

178–185Craft ~8× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 1gold49silver60copperafter selling for 1gold94silver40copper

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)

185–186Craft ~1× White Bandit Maskcosts 24silver83copperafter selling for 34silver92copper

recipe →each: 1× Bolt of Mageweave, 1× Bleach (vendor), 1× Heavy Silken Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: White Bandit Mask (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

186–191Craft ~9× Crimson Silk Pantaloonscosts 1gold68silver30copperafter selling for 2gold18silver70copper

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2× Red Dye (vendor), 2× Silken Thread (vendor)

191–195Craft ~6× Earthen Silk Cuffscosts 1gold90silver26copperafter selling for 1gold36silver74copper

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Elemental Earth, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Earthen Silk Cuffs (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

195–220Craft ~31× Long Silken Cloakcosts 14gold57silver

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1× Mana Potion, 1× Silken Thread (vendor)

220–243Craft ~43× Black Mageweave Leggingscosts 40gold42silver

recipe →each: 2× Bolt of Mageweave, 3× Silken Thread (vendor)

243–261Craft ~25× Brightcloth Cloakcosts 98gold71silverafter selling for 24gold29silver

recipe →each: 4× Bolt of Runecloth, 2× Gold Bar, 1× Rune Thread (vendor)needs Pattern: Brightcloth Cloak (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

261–300Craft ~95× Scarlet Augur's Cuffscosts 760gold

recipe →each: 8× Bolt of Runeclothneeds Pattern: Scarlet Augur's Cuffs (not on the AH right now: from a vendor or drop)

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860× Bolt of Runecloth860gold

448× Bolt of Silk Cloth35gold84silver

87× Bolt of Mageweave34gold36silver50copper

25× Rune Threadvendor12gold50silver

50× Gold Bar10gold50silver

200× Silken Threadvendor10gold

31× Mana Potion3gold10silver

30× Black Dyevendor3gold

642× Bolt of Linen Cloth2gold88silver90copper

180× Silk Cloth2gold64silver60copper

192× Fine Threadvendor1gold92silver

34× Heavy Leather1gold29silver20copper

7× Elemental Earth1gold22silver50copper

524× Coarse Threadvendor52silver40copper

102× Blue Dyevendor51silver

1× Heavy Silken Threadvendor20silver

39× Red Dyevendor19silver50copper

50× Linen Cloth7silver50copper

1× Bleachvendor25copper

At every skill point we pick the recipe with the lowest expected cost per skill-up: reagents at today's lowest (or the vendor) minus what the result fetches from a vendor (the safe minimum; the auction house is added for the few the market takes in about two days), divided by the classic skill-up chance (orange always, then falling to zero at grey). Crafts are expected counts, so luck can move them a little. Trainer recipes count as learnable 15 points before they turn yellow (their exact level isn't in the game data). Patterns that bind on pickup are left out; tradeable patterns that aren't listed right now are flagged. Trainer fees and the rank-ups (75, 150, 225) aren't included. Buying hundreds of a reagent will cost more than its lowest price.